Bittersweet Mother’s Day
When Mother’s Day swings around I usually have mixed emotions. I’m grateful that my own mother is still with me, along with the other ‘mothers’ I have the privilege to still enjoy…my Aunt, my Godmother, and my friend Jeanne, all who really ‘get’ me since I’m anything but conventional in my thinking. But my heart [...]
Sandy Hook Families: Please Don’t Do It
Each time another tragedy befalls our country which involves gun violence, the media is quick to exploit it. Sorry, that’s just the truth. You don’t hear the media and politicians screaming to outlaw knives or gasoline or alcohol. But still there are families all around the United States whose family members are killed by stabbings [...]
Newtown, CT: Holiday Rollercoaster
I sit here looking out to the window. Anticipated bad weather is on the move toward us. My mind is racing in so many directions I don’t know which one I should or could concentrate on. I’m exhausted. The happenings of this past week have been something I never thought I would ever have to [...]
Identification of My Murdered Baby
The Connecticut State police has graciously assigned a member of their force to be with us right now. In a strange way, it’s comforting to keep the media at bay. In another way, I can’t keep from feeling how much more comforted I would have felt had they been at my child’s side when the [...]
Waking Up Without My Murdered Child
My eyes open. I see the same ceiling I’ve looked at each morning for all these years. It doesn’t look any different. In my peripheral vision, I see my husband curled up next to me. He has the blanket over his head. I’m exhausted. I lay here so still. I can hear my breath. And [...]
